Animal Project: Texturing the Fox and Implementation

For texturing, I chose a stylized look to fit the sculpt style.

I started by using a couple of fill layers with procedurals to add more variation to the colours and add a watercolour like effects. I mainly used cloud procedurals, but I also used a Crystals one, that gave it a subtle brush stroke like effect. Afterwards, I used layers with the Mask Editor generator to add shadow in the cavities and highlights on the edges. 

I also used two Light generator layers to add more variation to the colours, giving it the darker orange fur bits. 

I then painted some darker spots using a brown fill layer and painting into the mask, to keep the workflow non-destructive. I did the same for painting the black and white parts on the fur. I added some yellowish colour into the white parts, to make them more interesting. 

For the saddle, I used a similar process: used procedurals to add colour and roughness variation, then used Mask Editors to darken the cracks and lighten the edges. For the blanket, I made the pattern in Photoshop, the imported it and placed it on the model. 

I made a simple eyeball texture in Substance Designer using the Shape node as a base. 

For the presentation, I made a cartoony grass and flowers texture, using a grass texture I made before as a base and adding the stylized flowers to it. 

I used a Shape node set to the disc shape and offset it using the Transform 2D node. I then offset it to the other side and blended the two together, creating the shape of the petal. I used Splatter Circular to put the petals in the shape of a flower. I used multiple Tile Samplers to put everything together, then added colours. At first, I had made the grass really green, but after getting feedback, I changed it to a more teal colour, to match the blue on the fox's saddle. 

I put the fox together in Unreal and lit it using a Rectlight. I used an emissive Material and a Particle System to create blue fireflies around Brutus (the fox).

Here is the outcome:

Words can't describe how happy I am with how this turned out. I managed to achieve the exact style I was hoping for at the beginning and I am really pleased with how the fur patterns turned out. The magical vibe I was aiming for is there too, so I am really pleased with my fox.